underdog, In latin, that would be called 'Reductio ad absurdum ' .

foorjo maxay meeshan taalaa!

^Lool is firdhis ayaan ku jiraa these days. Walax mugoo meel dheer iga soo raacey aan iska hurgufooyaa nooh, hence magac badalka like Odey-jirjiroole. Xataa sidii odeyjirjiroole aan u taagtaagsanaayaa sidii dhulkoo ila dumi rabo . Taa ka waran hee? Next time, Insha-Allah, waan kuugu digi doona foori aad u dheer "Fiiq fiiq! Arooy KK, fiiq! Adaan kula hadlooya, haa adiga nooh! Iska jir yaah, magaca waan baddalayaayee la soco yaah?'

Ms D&D, you know childhood and its adventures . We went anywhere the wind blew. Maxaan lugeeyney- I miss the border crossings, the Baaruud raids of Islaamaha Jaadwadayaasha . The Cir-mar days! Those were the days I encountered these ceremonies, because a 'certain' friend of ours could smell halkay laba naf isugu yimaadaan lol. And we followed him and often we ended up at these mingis joints. BTW; was it in Kenya that you went to these events and how long ago was that? I think dadka wey ka il-baxeen this sort of stuff.

^^Yep. Its called Mingis or Ruuxaan, or Wadaado, or Booraamo . The scents are called Jaawi iyo Lubaan or Foox . Drums are beaten and mostly women carry out this ceremony, singing and chanting rhythmically. We use to go to watch the dance, listen the songs - such entertainment . PS: There is a particular song that use to go thus: Doonbaa mareyso, baddaa doonbaa mareyso Jaawi bay siddaayee Majabba jaawi bay siddaayee... ..which use to be the anthem of the ceremony. There is also the 'Soo dageey, Soo dageey, Zaarkii dulleedeey soo deg, [muxuu doonayaayo, doonaya, talow muxuu doonayaaye doonayaa (this is apparently a question to the jin ). And then he/she would reply 'waxaa doonayayee doonayaa, dahab iyo xariirbaan doonayaa . God, the whole charade!

An amazing woman! Maasha-Allaah.

^True. Speaking to Nairobi earlier I even hear that the exodus from Mogadishu to Nairobi is in its highest. Many Somalis don't have an alternative to Nairobi, and whichever state the city is in, they'll always come. PS: How's molde?

^And three days at that. Things sure look gloomy in that part of the world.

^you, you! PS: I'd say an opinionated mind short of a reserved one is much hopeful than sitting on the fence, like I'm growing into. Let the young rant. Iyagaa ka daali doona.

^^At least you'll have your own uncontested president of your clan. Even that wouldn't tempt you, yaa reer Kismaayo lee waaye?

^Yeah, call it what you like Val, I've always pigeon-holed into a category of the receivers. But you are allowed to dream. FYI: old dealings with the fair sex after J11's very own skin. Thought J11 grew old and rusty, but apparently he's become a sought-after vintage. What do you know? Me old heart!

^Oh come off it adiguna. Some lecture from their high horse and the rest are left discussing the wise words of the lecturer. You just have to accept your position as the one always at the receiving end .

^Aaheey. Too much coverage does wonders for some causes. I am sure 'where' honour kills are prevalent, a well-placed negative publicity can usher in real change of mind set.

Originally posted by rudy: i blame j11 for so lugooying this homie!! Err, no. You shouldn't blame me homie. SOL needs more folks like Marcus. I am looking forward to inviting few more users. SOL could do with some spicing up. Lately meesha korontadaa ka maqnayd .

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^^ We're [not] escaping this, Emperor.

Marriage fear teenager 'murdered' A teenage girl who feared a marriage was being arranged by her parents was the victim of a "vile murder", a coroner has said. The decomposed body of Shafilea Ahmed, 17, was found on a riverbank in February 2004, six months after she went missing from her Warrington home. South Cumbria coroner Ian Smith ruled Shafilea had been unlawfully killed. Shafilea's parents and five family members were arrested during the police inquiry but no charges were brought. After the inquest, Supt Geraint Jones, of Cheshire Police, said it "remains a live murder inquiry". "It will not be closed until the killer or killers have been brought to justice," he said. Mr Smith said Shafilea was genuinely afraid, rightly or wrongly, that her parents were planning to arrange her marriage. Delivering the verdict at the inquest in Kendal, he said he was convinced Shafilea was murdered. The body "had been hidden and she had been taken many miles away from home", he said. Mr Smith said he believed the concept of an arranged marriage for the Muslim teenager was "central" to the circumstances leading up to her death. Earlier in the week-long hearing, community and homelessness workers said the teenager had approached them for help to find accommodation or a place in a refuge in order to escape from her parents. She had claimed they were forcing her into an arranged marriage, the inquest heard. She also confided to her friends that her parents had beaten her and taken £2,000 from her bank account. The inquest heard how the teenager had previously run away from home and that on one occasion her father had turned up at her school and taken her home, forcing a teacher to call the police. Shafilea went missing on 11 September 2003 shortly after returning from a trip to Pakistan, where it was said she had drunk a quantity of bleach after meeting a possible suitor. 'Active case' But it was a teacher at her school, Great Sankey High School, who reported her missing seven days later. Summing up, the coroner said Shafilea had died within a few hours of leaving work on the day she was last seen alive. He added he was "very confident" she was already dead before her body was dumped on the riverbank. "I do not believe she escaped and ran away. She was taken," Mr Smith said. Her body was found in February 2004, but police had to use dental records and jewellery to identify her. A medical expert told the inquest the schoolgirl had either been smothered or strangled. Police said the continuing investigation could take detectives to Pakistan for further enquires. Supt Jones said: "There is someone out there who knows what happened to Shafilea, and has not told us. " Shafilea's parents, Iftikhar and Farzana, were arrested on suspicion of kidnap and five relatives from Bradford were also arrested. In his summing up at the inquest, Mr Smith said: "I sincerely hope in the future inquiries will be carried out by the police and they will one day discover who did it." The parents left the inquest without making a comment. Source

Ladies Against Riot Verility, eh? Classic.

Now Kivuitu disowns results By DAVID MUGONYI Last updated: 2 hours ago A new storm broke out over the presidential elections Thursday after polls boss Samuel Kivuitu disowned results published in the media by his office, saying he had not approved them. And he blamed “outside forces” for making public the controversial presidential tallies, which appeared in three pages of paid-for advertising in Daily Nation and The Standard Thursday. “I did not submit this report or authorise my name to be used for its publication. The use of my name is a falsification,” the besieged Electoral Commission chairman said in statement. His complaint will once again raise questions over who really is in charge of the commission, which has been accused of doctoring presidential results in President Kibaki’s favour and announcing figures different from those read out at the constituencies, plunging Kenya into a political crisis. Mr Kivuitu has previously complained that individuals at ECK were altering presidential tallies at the commission’s Kenyatta International Conference Centre headquarters even after President Kibaki had been declared winner and sworn-in. Thursday's protest was prompted by the publication in the dailies of presidential result tables purported to be the official ones from the ECK. They showed President Kibaki had received 4,584,721 against ODM’s Raila Odinga 4,352,993, restating the figures read out on December 30 on the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, which led to violent protests that have claimed more than 486 lives and displaced thousands. The notice was booked and paid for by the commission secretary Joel Tsola, who also presented a CD of the results to newspaper advertising agents. The division within the commission was highlighted by the fact Mr Tsola reports to Mr Kivuitu. Mr Kivuitu’s frustration at the goings-on in the commission first emerged two weeks ago when he complained to the media that fresh versions of Form 16 (A) documents, which he had previously seen with alteration marks had popped up. They looked suspiciously new and had the disputed inflated presidential result figures from Kieni and Juja. On Thursday, he publicly asked why the “complete” presidential results from 209 constituencies had been rushed to the media yet he had asked for clarification on “a few areas” and was awaiting a reply. “I do not know why the ECK should rush to publish this data at time when serious discussion involving eminent world leaders are ongoing as a result of the ECK’s announcement of the election results based on the data,” he said. Their release could be viewed as a “defensive tactic by a guilty party to the dispute”, he added. He did not name the “guilty party” but similar copies of the purported results had been sent to the media the day before by a Government official. Yet again, Mr Kivuitu called for an inquiry by an “independent and competent team into the commission he heads so that “the respectable persons” could “come out with the truth”. Mr Kivuitu’s remarks will add to the confusion caused by his admission in a television interview that he did not know whether Mr Kibaki had won the presidential election, and that this could only be established by scrutinising the commission’s records. National crisis Results released by the commission at KICC on December 30 are at the centre of the national crisis which has attracted mediation from Ghana’s President John Kufuor and keen attention from the UK and US government and the EU. It started when the ECK declared Mr Kibaki winner of the presidential election, but admitted flaws in the tallying of the results. ODM and election observers have complained of differences in some of the final results announced by commissioners and those read out at the constituencies. Before he announced on television, Mr Kivuitu complained that some of the returning officers who had handed in their results had switched off their mobile phones or simply disappeared. On Thursday he said that although he had seen the data on the results published in the newspapers when it was being verified, he had sought some clarification on a few areas but had not received a reply. “It seems like some outside force has pushed for its publication otherwise whoever published it would have sought my consent for the use of my name,” he said and described the action as “imprudent”.

Commons call to disestablish church is number 666 Ruth Gledhill Religion Correspondent of The Times A motion calling for the disestablishment of the Church of England has been listed in the House of Commons as 666 - the Number of the Beast. Labour MP John Austin, who has repeatedly tabled Early Day Motions urging disestablishment, put down his latest motion last night as MPs debated scrapping Britain's blasphemy laws. It appeared appeared on the House of Commons order paper numbered 666, the number associated with the Antichrist in the Book of Revelation. Scholars believe 666 referred to the Emperor Nero. The King James Bible renders Revelation 13:8 as: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Bob Russell, Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester and one of the signatories, said: “It is is incredible that a motion like this should have, by chance, acquired this significant number. “This number is supposed to be the mark of the Devil. It looks as though God or the Devil have been moving in mysterious ways. “What is even stranger is that this motion was tabled last night when MPs were debating blasphemy.” The motion is unlikely to be debated. But momentum for looser ties between Church and State is growing, as the support for the repeal of the blasphemy law illustrates. The blasphemy law favours Christianity and in particular the Church of England. Although the attempt by Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris to amend the Criminal Justice Bill was unsuccessful, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown has disclosed that he is consulting with the churches about its repeal.

^^Oo Somalida internet connection ma haystaan? Sowtan aad adiguba netka ku jirto ninyow? Run ahaantii, inkastoo meelaha qaarkood ay go'doon ama 'remote' yihiin, hada wixii ka dhaca magaalooyinka waaweyn waxaa suurta gal ah in computerka hore laga soo gesho sxb. Overall, I think this tool is useful for home news updates.

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^^Yes, please. Though its dark over here. Anyway, maxaad ka sheegtay microwaved tea? what are the risks?

^It cant be fake. I recieved through email. Anything that is fake is put aside by my google bodyguard. Will it read when possible. I am just not too compassionate lately. Can't help it. Let it burn.

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